Since the reign of Louis XIVdirect road connected the Palace of Paris Louvre and Etoile Square. And then, to get to the Palace of Versailles, the road turned to the left — strictly to the West — Avenue Fosch (the name of Marshal Fosch), or even to the left — on the Avenue victor Hugo and then went beyond Paris. The name of this road — "Triumphal Way" — is not outdated today: on one axis there are three arches — Carruzel near the Louvre, the Arc de Triomphe on Etoile Square and the Great Arch, built in our era in the ultra-modern quarter of Defans.
In December 1806, a year after the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon ordered the build of a triumphal arch on the Parisian hill of Chaillot in honor of the military victories won by France during the Revolution and during the First Empire. It took two years to build the foundation. In 1810, when the newly minted Empress Maria-Louise was to solemnly enter the capital on the Champs-Elysees, the stone foundation was hastily made of boards and a harsh canvas of the "decoration" of the future arch. Architect Shalgren died in 1811, the arch at that time was not enough 5 meters to the design height, but the work was stopped due to a series of military failures. Napoleon did not live to see the completion of the Arc de Triomphe: it was completed only in 1836, during the reign of Louis-Philippe under the direction of architect Abel Bloe (Fr. ) Russian.
On December 15, 1840, a funeral cortege with Napoleon's ashes delivered from St. Helena passed under the arch. Later, the solemn funeral ceremony with a stop under the arches of the Arc de Triomphe was awarded after his death thiers, Gambetta, Victor Hugo, Lazar Carno, McMahon, Generals Fosh and Joffre, General Philippe Leclerc, Marshal Latre de Tassigny.
In December 1806, a year after the Battle of Austerlitz, Napoleon ordered the build of a triumphal arch on the Parisian hill of Chaillot in honor of the military victories won by France during the Revolution and during the First Empire. It took two years to build the foundation. In 1810, when the newly minted Empress Maria-Louise was to solemnly enter the capital on the Champs-Elysees, the stone foundation was hastily made of boards and a harsh canvas of the "decoration" of the future arch. Architect Shalgren died in 1811, the arch at that time was not enough 5 meters to the design height, but the work was stopped due to a series of military failures. Napoleon did not live to see the completion of the Arc de Triomphe: it was completed only in 1836, during the reign of Louis-Philippe under the direction of architect Abel Bloe (Fr. ) Russian.
On December 15, 1840, a funeral cortege with Napoleon's ashes delivered from St. Helena passed under the arch. Later, the solemn funeral ceremony with a stop under the arches of the Arc de Triomphe was awarded after his death thiers, Gambetta, Victor Hugo, Lazar Carno, McMahon, Generals Fosh and Joffre, General Philippe Leclerc, Marshal Latre de Tassigny.